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CNBC: World's largest asset manager says get ready to 'stomach complete losses' in cryptocurrencies
Investors should only consider cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin if they are prepared to lose everything, BlackRock Investment Institute said in its weekly report Monday. [more...]

Bloomberg: Global Stock Rally Stymied in Asia Before Powell: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia ran out of steam as investors await the first public comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday. The dollar edged lower and Treasuries steadied. [more...]

Bloomberg: BlackRock Has It Wrong on U.S. Stocks, Russell Investments Says
A difference of opinion is what makes a market -- and BlackRock Inc.’s bullish case for U.S. equities over their European counterparts last week has prompted a rebuttal from Russell Investments, which argues the world’s largest money manager has got it the wrong way round. [more...]

Bloomberg: Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Accused of Swindling $5 Billion of Cryptocurrency
Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin, is accused of swindling more than $5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency and other assets from the estate of a computer-security expert. [more...]

Bloomberg: Goldman May Sell Its $1.4 Billion New European HQ in London
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is considering a sale-and-leaseback of its new European headquarters in London and the building could sell for more than 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion), people with knowledge of the plan said. [more...]

Bloomberg: Yen Tipped to Test 105 Per Dollar as Seasonal Flows Kick in
The yen looks set to rise toward 105 against the dollar again, with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. and Daiwa Securities Co. predicting a boost from fiscal year-end repatriation flows. [more...]

Reuters: Asian shares rise to three-week high ahead of Powell's testimony
Asian shares extended their recovery on Tuesday, hitting a three-week high as U.S. borrowing costs eased ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s highly-anticipated first congressional testimony later in the day. [more...]

Reuters: U.S. to overtake Russia as top oil producer by 2019 at latest: IEA
The United States will overtake Russia as the world’s biggest oil producer by 2019 at the latest, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, as the country’s shale oil boom continues to upend global markets. [more...]

CNBC: Some 90% of hedge funds aren't worth the fees, but there's still a place for them, says expert
Hedge funds have received their fair share of criticism for their hefty fees, but there are still reasons to invest in them, according to an expert. [more...]

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Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.

Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley Takes on Goldman, Buffett With Bullish Bond Call
Morgan Stanley says it’s time to get bullish on bonds -- even as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Warren Buffett issue warnings. The sell-off in Treasuries, that began in earnest in September and ramped up in January, is ending, according to Morgan Stanley strategists. [more...]

Bloomberg: Pound Traders Look to May, Corbyn for Much-Needed Brexit Clarity
For pound traders seeking some degree of clarity on Brexit negotiations, speeches by Britain’s Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition will prove crucial in the coming week. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bond Traders Step Back From 3% to Watch Powell Navigate Fedspeak
Bond traders came the closest in four years to a 3 percent yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Whether it breaches that level may be determined by how new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell handles the limelight. [more...]

Bloomberg: Goldman Says Stocks May Plunge 25% If 10-Year Yield Hits 4.5%
If the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hits 4.5 percent by year-end, the economy would probably muddle through -- stocks, not so much, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [more...]

Bloomberg: Buffett Warns Investors That Safe-Looking Bonds Can Be Risky
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett used his widely-read annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders on Saturday to again call out the wasteful fees that many money managers charge. He highlighted the risk of bonds and emphasized the importance of sticking with a simple investment strategy. [more...]

Reuters: Oil hits nearly three-week high as Saudi Arabia to keep output well below cap
Oil prices extended gains to hit their highest level in nearly three weeks on Monday, supported by comments from Saudi Arabia that it would continue to curb exports in line with the OPEC-led effort to cut global supplies. [more...]

Reuters: Italy's uncertain election: Five questions on investors' minds
Investors are feeling sanguine ahead of Italy’s March 4 election. The economy is strengthening and anti-euro sentiment is waning in the single-currency bloc. [more...]

CNBC: 10-Year Treasury yields could get to 4% ‘in a hurry,’ bond fund manager predicts
While Wall Street braces for 10-Year Treasury yields to tick over 3 percent, one bond expert believes that will feel like a piece of cake compared to what may come next. [more...]

Currency Strength Indicators

​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.

Latest News Headlines

Bloomberg: Stocks Rise as Traders Weather Higher Bond Yields: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks climbed across the region Friday as investors continue to debate the outlook for central bank policy normalization and the impact of higher bond yields. The dollar recovered some of the previous day’s losses and Treasuries were little changed. [more...]

Bloomberg: As Volatility Returns, This Is How Emerging Markets Stack Up
The specter of volatile financial markets is prompting investors to be more selective in emerging markets and Asia is stacking up to be among the most resilient when it comes to economic measures. [more...]

Bloomberg: The Best Ways to Hedge the Risk of an Italian Election Upset
Investors may have grown complacent about the tail risk surrounding Italy’s looming general election and should protect themselves against any upset, according to Mizuho International Plc. [more...]

Bloomberg: JPMorgan's Quants Warn Risks Are Growing for Bond Short-Squeeze
Investors have become so bearish on U.S. government bonds that they risk getting caught out, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s quantitative and derivatives strategy team. [more...]

Bloomberg: Japan's Equity Faithful Want Foreigners to Spur Market Rally
Japanese retail investors bought domestic stocks for a fourth consecutive week, stoking hope that foreign buyers will join them in helping the market make a full recovery from a rout that started last month. [more...]

Bloomberg: Fed’s Quarles Says U.S. Economy in ‘Best Shape’ Since Crisis
Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles delivered an upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy and endorsed a “gradual” path for raising interest rates in his first public speech on monetary policy since joining the central bank in October. [more...]

Reuters: Asia shares rebound as fidgety U.S. rate fears shift again
Asian shares rebounded on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official eased worries about faster rate rises in the United States, while the dollar ticked higher as investors dipped their toes back into riskier assets. [more...]

Reuters: U.S. shale investors still waiting on payoff from oil boom
U.S. oil production has topped 10 million barrels per day, approaching a record set in 1970, but many investors in the companies driving the shale oil revolution are still waiting for their payday. [more...]

CNBC: UK bank RBS reports an annual profit for the first time in a decade
Royal Bank of Scotland posted its first annual profit in a decade on Friday, continuing its recovery following the financial crash of 2008. The bank recorded a net profit of £752 million ($1.05 billion) for 2017, surpassing analyst forecasts for a figure of £592 million. [more...]

CNBC: Banking CEO who called volatility spike names the next markets danger spot
Barclays CEO Jes Staley aptly warned in January of an impending volatility jolt. Now he's made his call for the next big market risk: credit markets. [more...]

Currency Strength Indicators

​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.

Latest News Headlines

Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Slip With U.S. Futures, Yen Rallies: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks declined with U.S. equity index futures as investors worried surging bond yields after the Federal Reserve’s latest comments on the economy will test equity valuations. The yen advanced for the first time in five days. [more...]

Bloomberg: Oil Drops Toward $60 on Dollar Strength and U.S. Supply Concerns
Oil slid back toward $60, dragged down with other commodities by a stronger dollar on the prospect of accelerating U.S. interest rate hikes and on concern over American crude supplies. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bond Market Guide to Trading When 10-Year Treasury Yields Hit 3%
At this point, it’s more likely a matter of when -- not if -- the 10-year Treasury yield hits 3 percent. And that apparent inevitability raises a pressing question: How to trade when it happens? [more...]

Bloomberg: Bitcoin Exchange Operator Charged With Lying to SEC About Hack
The operator of a now-defunct cryptocurrency investment platform was charged with lying to U.S. regulators to hide the fact that hackers stole more than 6,000 of his customers’ Bitcoins. [more...]

Bloomberg: The Euro Keeps Hitting a $1.25 Ceiling This Year
Euro bulls are struggling to push the currency above $1.25 this year, just as the $1.20 level proved a blocking point in 2017. The currency has bounced off that ceiling three times in the past month, in a striking similarity to its behavior in the September-October period. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bank of America Says FX Traders May Be Off on Dollar Bearishness
The dollar’s four-session winning streak, its longest since December, may be a harbinger of things to come, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research. [more...]

Reuters: Bridgewater's Dalio sees 70 percent chance of recession before 2020
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio, who founded world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, thinks there is a relatively high chance the U.S. economy will stumble into a recession before the next presidential election in 2020. [more...]

CNBC: Barclays falls to a $2.7 billion net loss in 2017 after US tax hit
Barclays posted a significant loss on its full-year 2017 profits, hit in part by the U.S. tax overhaul and a weaker dollar. [more...]

Currency Strength Indicators

​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here

Below is the latest sentiment as compiled by etoro, the world's largest (social) trading network. It provides a view of what individual investors think about the specific instruments and gives a view of the current sentiment.

Latest News Headlines

Bloomberg: Money Managers Think the Worst Is Yet to Come for S&P 500
About 57 percent of investors surveyed by Strategas Research Partners expect the S&P 500 Index to break the intraday low of 2,533 reached on Feb. 9, while the rest say the market has bottomed for the year after a two-week selloff sent the index to its first 10 percent correction since 2016. [more...]

Bloomberg: Goldman Debunks Idea Dollar Is Being Driven Down by U.S. Worries
Are worries about the twin U.S. deficits dragging down the greenback? Is it more about the Trump administration endorsing a weak-dollar policy? Not so, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts say. [more...]

Bloomberg: ETF Veteran Goes Crypto, Predicting Multitrillion-Dollar Market
Matt Hougan is leaving the exchange-traded-fund industry after 15 years and going all-in on cryptocurrencies as he predicts digital assets will transform investments just like ETFs did. [more...]

Bloomberg: Apple in Talks to Buy Cobalt Directly From Miners
Apple Inc. is in talks to buy long-term supplies of cobalt directly from miners for the first time, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking to ensure it will have enough of the key battery ingredient amid industry fears of a shortage driven by the electric vehicle boom. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bitcoin Rises as South Korea Talks ‘Active’ Support for Trading
Bitcoin’s stunning rebound continued on Tuesday, with the world’s largest digital token extending February’s gains after South Korean regulators signaled they will actively support what they called “normal” cryptocurrency trading. [more...]

Bloomberg: New Favorite Way to Short the Dollar Has Yen Replacing Euro
The rally that’s made the yen 2018’s top performer among developed-market exchange rates will extend as speculators pick the Japanese currency over the euro to ride the U.S. dollar’s weakness, say analysts. [more...]

Reuters: Oil falls as dollar firms, U.S. oil output expected to rise
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, weighed down by a rebound in the U.S. dollar from three-year lows hit last week and an expected rise in U.S. oil production. [more...]

Reuters: Asian stocks gain, dollar extends recovery
Asian stocks gained on Wednesday, while the dollar advanced as traders near-term focus shifted to the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting for hints on the future pace of U.S. monetary tightening. [more...]

Currency Strength Indicators

​​​​​​​The currency strength meter gives you a quick visual guide to which currencies are currently strong, and which ones are weak. The meter measures the strength of all forex cross pairs and applies calculations on them to determine the overall strength for each individual currency. For example, if EUR is strong and USD is weak, it could mean that the currency pair EURUSD could be going up. If both currencies are strong or weak it is better to avoid since it will probably means there is no clear direction for the specific pair. To get the latest Currency Strength Indicator please click here